Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler's second novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times).

Philip Marlowe's about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to get caught up in a murder that leads to a ring of jewel thieves, another murder, a fortune-teller, a couple more murders, and more corruption than your average graveyard.

The iconic first novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, featuring Philip Marlowe, the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times).

A dying millionaire hires private eye Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, and Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in.

Tough-minded and typically idiosyncratic, here is Chandler on Chandler, the mystery novel, writing, Hollywood, TV, publishing, cats, and famous crimes. This skillfully edited selection of letters, articles, and notes also includes the short story "A Couple of Writers" and the first chapters of Chandler's last Philip Marlowe novel, The Poodle Springs Story, left unfinished at his death. Paul Skenazy has provided a new introduction for this edition as well as a new selected bibliography.

On every level -- writing, direction, acting -- Double Indemnity (1944) is a triumph and stands as one of the greatest achievements in Billy Wilder's career. Adapted from the James M. Cain novel by director Wilder and novelist Raymond Chandler, it tells the story of an insurance salesman, played by Fred MacMurray, who is lured into a murder-for-insurance plot by Barbara Stanwyck, in an archetypal femme fatale role. From its grim story to its dark, atmospheric lighting, Double Indemnity is a definitive example of World War II-era film noir. Wilder's approach is everywhere...

I don't know why the hell I write so many letters, Raymond Chandler once mused to a correspondent. "I guess my mind is just to active for its own good."

In the seven novels from The Big Sleep (1939) to Playback (1958) and in a handful of short stories, Raymond Chandler recorded a vision of Southern California life sparked by acerbic observations on every level of coast society, from drug dealers and crooked cops to heiresses. But Chandler's gifts of observation and analysis extended well past the streets, alleyways, roadhouses, and stately homes that made up the world of his...

King Leopardi veranstaltet mit seinen Bandmitgliedern mitten in der Nacht auf dem Hotelflur eine Jam-Session - in gelben Seidenshorts. Hausdetektiv Steve Grayce mu zu handfesten Methoden greifen, um ihn zur Ruhe zu bringen. Spter entdeckt er, da jemand es auf den gelben Knig abgesehen hat...Auerdem:Spanisches Blut / Zierfische / Schsse bei Cyrano / Blutiger Wind

Ein Freund Marlowes soll einen grlichen Mord verbt haben. Nachdem dieser Mann in Mexiko untergetaucht ist, will Marlowe dem Fall nachgehen, doch von Seiten des Schwiegervaters seines Freundes und von den Gesetzeswchtern kommen Drohungen. Marlowe wird mit einem neuen Fall beladen: Er soll den verschwundenen Schriftsteller Wade suchen. Pltzlich bilden sich Parallelen zwischen den beiden Fllen...

Chandler ber: Chandler, den Kriminalroman, das Handwerk des Schreibens, Filmwelt und Fernsehen, das Verlagswesen, Katzen, berhmte Verbrechen, seine Romane und Kurzgeschichten - und ber Philip Marlowe.

Vier Detektivgeschichten, die eigentlich Miniaturromane sind: Perlen sind eine Plage / Gefahr ist mein Geschft / Straenbekanntschaft Noon Street / Der Bleistift.

Die besten Stories von Raymond Chandler in der Übersetzung von Hans Wollschläger: 'Gefahr ist mein Geschäft', 'Erpresser schießen nicht', 'Spanisches Blut', 'Nevada-Gas' und 'Perlen sind eine Plage'.